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Swindon Town face a trip to Bristol Rovers at Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Robins will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2009, with Bristol Rvs. running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Mon 11 Oct | Swindon Town | 2 - 1 | Bristol Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 06 Mar | Swindon Town | 0 - 4 | Bristol Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 12 Dec | Bristol Rvs. | 3 - 0 | Swindon Town | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 25 Apr | Swindon Town | 2 - 1 | Bristol Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 22 Nov | Bristol Rvs. | 2 - 2 | Swindon Town | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 22 Apr | Bristol Rvs. | 0 - 1 | Swindon Town | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 24 Nov | Swindon Town | 1 - 0 | Bristol Rvs. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Bristol Rovers will be hoping to improve on their poor home form, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. While Pirates have scored 7, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
Swindon Town's away form is none too clever either, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the Robins, and 9 goals against.
Bristol Rvs. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Npower League One with a return of just 24 points from their 24 games thus far. Swindon Town are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 28 points from 24 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bristol Rvs. | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 |
| Swindon Town | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Robins has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Bristol Rvs.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bristol Rvs. | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 6 home matches. Not won in the 10 most recent games. |
| Swindon Town | An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |